William Blackstone

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gptkbp:instanceOf legal scholar
gptkbp:advocatesFor individual rights
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:University_of_Oxford
legal profession
legal reform
legal academia
legal education reform
gptkbp:awards Honorary Doctorate
gptkbp:born July 10, 1723
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Blackstone_Jr.
gptkbp:contributedTo legal theory
legal principles
legal literature
legal history
gptkbp:contribution legal education
gptkbp:died February 14, 1780
gptkbp:famousFor legal treatises
gptkbp:field law
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Blackstone
gptkbp:impact legal education
gptkbp:influence common law
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:founding_fathers_of_the_United_States
constitutional law
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American_legal_system
British_legal_system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sir_Edward_Coke
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkbp:influenceOn American_jurisprudence
gptkbp:inspiration legal reformers
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legal writings
Commentaries on the Laws of England
the_father_of_English_common_law
gptkbp:language English
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gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkbp:notableWork Commentaries on the Laws of England
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
gptkbp:philosophy common law tradition
gptkbp:position gptkb:Judge
gptkbp:publishedBy 1765
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the 18th century
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gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:role legal historian
gptkbp:servedIn Professor of Law
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Blackstone
gptkbp:taught law students
gptkbp:wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England